The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker could not apply the dual capacity doctrine to sue his employer in tort for injuries
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A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a worker’s schedule loss of use for his ankle could not be apportioned between two injuries.
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A New York appellate court upheld a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board discharging the Special Disability Fund from liability for a claim.
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that an injured worker’s opioid medication usage was excessive and needed to be tapered in accordance with
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A New York appellate court upheld an award of wage loss benefits to a sheet metal worker, finding he did not voluntarily withdraw from the
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The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board added dates for its webinar series to help workers who believe they contracted COVID-19 at work, especially those
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A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law action were not entitled to summary judgment dismissing an allegedly injured worker’s
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A New York appellate court ordered the Workers’ Compensation Board to revisit its decision to offset a worker’s schedule loss of use from a shoulder injury
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The Commonwealth Court ruled that a worker’s mistake in mailing his appeal to the workers’ compensation judge instead of the Workers’ Compensation Board properly resulted
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A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a fall from a scaffold
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